Arrival by the Lagoon

Boats Alilaguna Venice
Otherwise, if you prefer to arrive by the sea, you can take a boat from the company Alilaguna (On average 20€ from the airport in Venice.

The Blue Line Alilaguna takes around 30 minutes to arrive at Fondamenta Nuove and one hour for San Marco. Red line takes a little more than one hour to the Armory, then another five minutes to San Marco and finally arrives at Zattere in Dorsoduro another 10 minutes later. Frequency is only of a boat every hour; consult the Internet site Alilaguna for the exact schedules.

Road Taxi or Motoscafo

Motoscafo in front of the Bridge of Rialto
You can also go to Venice by road, by way of the taxi (a 15 minute trip for 35€).

On the contrary, distinctly better but rather extravagant, you can arrive in 30 minutes at Venice via the motoscafo, or the boat taxi.

It is necessary you to foresee an expense of around 100 Euros to rent a Motoscafo to Venice. Make sure you also ask for total price (all passengers and lugguage included) before taking the Motoscafo, some boat taxi display tempting rates of only per passenger.